Tudor History with Claire Ridgway
On this day in Tudor history podcasts from Claire Ridgway.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 1040
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
27 July - A royal secretary ends up in the Tower
On 27th or 28th July 1553, Sir John Cheke was imprisoned in the Tower of London. But how had a royal tutor and secretary ended up being thrown in the Tower?
Find out more about him in this edition of…
26 July - The Earl of Shrewsbury dies
On this day in Tudor history, 26th July 1538, in the reign of King Henry VIII, George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, died.
Shrewsbury was a loyal servant of the Crown and a soldier. Find out more a…
25 July - A kidnapped child actor
On this day in history, 25th July 1602, in the reign of King James I, thirteen-year-old Elizabethan actor Salomon Pavy was buried at the Church of St Mary Somerset, near Blackfriars Theatre.
Find ou…
24 July - A converted priest loses his life
On this day in Tudor history, 24th July 1594, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Catholic priest John Boste was executed in Durham.
Find out more about Boste and what led to his brutal end in this ed…
23 July - John Day, a Protestant printer
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd July 1584, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Protestant printer, bookseller and publisher John Day died.
Find out more about this Protestant printer and the famous…
22 July - Baron Scrope, a royal councillor
On this day in history, 22nd July 1437 or 38, soldier and royal councillor John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, was born.
Find out more about Scrope and his service to the Yorkists, and later im…
21 July - Explorer Thomas Cavendish
20 July - Philip of Spain prepares to marry Mary I
19 July - Mary Boleyn dies
18 July - Kat Ashley, Elizabeth I's lady
On this day in Tudor history, 18th July 1565, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the queen's close friend and loyal servant, Kat Ashley, died.
Find out more about Kat (also known as Katherine Ashley,…
17 July - Lady Glamis and a plot to poison a king
On this day in history, 17th July 1537, in Scotland during the reign of King James V, Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis, was burnt to death.
She was accused of plotting to poison the king!
Find out more abo…
16 July - Frances Brandon
On this day in Tudor history, 16th July 1517, the feast of St Francis, Frances Brandon was born. She was King Henry VIII's niece.
Find out a bit more about Frances Brandon in this edition of #TudorHi…
15 July - Inigo Jones
On this day in Tudor history, 15th July 1573, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, architect and theatre designer Inigo Jones was born.
Find out more about this famous architect and the buildings he de…
14 July - A poisoned cardinal
On this day in Tudor history, 14th July 1514, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Cardinal Christopher Bainbridge died in Rome. Who was this cardinal? Who claimed to have poisoned him and why?
Find out …
13 July - John Dee
Today is the anniversary of the birth of John Dee, the astrologer, mathematician, alchemist, antiquary, spy, philosopher, geographer and adviser to Elizabeth I and influential statesmen. He was born …
12 July - True soldiers of Jesus Christ get burnt
On this day in Tudor history, 12th July 1555, in the reign of Queen Mary I, men who were described as "true soldiers of Jesus Christ", were burnt at the stake at Canterbury.
Find out about John Blan…
11 July - Here begins the plague...
On this day in Tudor history, 11th July 1564, the plague hit the Warwickshire town of Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare.
Find out more in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
10 July - Elizabeth I checks her money
On this day in Tudor history, 10th July 1561, Queen Elizabeth I visited the royal mint at the Tower of London to check on her new coins.
Why was she producing new coins? What was the problem with th…
9 July - Elizabeth I visits Robert Dudley's castle
On this day in Tudor history, 9th July 1575, Queen Elizabeth I visited Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, home of her favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Her stay would be a long one, 19 day…
8 July - Kett's Rebellion begins
On this day in Tudor history, 8th July 1549, in the reign of King Edward VI, a rebellion began in East Anglia. It was Kett's Rebellion.
Find out more about Kett's Rebellion, why it began, what happen…